Dog coats

[Buckman]

Does anyone use a dog coat for their dog on rainy days/ Our dogs have long hair and need to use a hair dryer on them when they get back home. Unfortunately using a hair dryer often can ruin their coats.

I was just about to buy from a "family" company until I checked the reviews. No new reviews since 2022 and on FB no further posts after 2024 so decided to rightly or wrongly give them a miss

 

[otherclive]

If I have no alternative to going out when it’s raining then I will use a dog coat on her especially in winter. If when we are out she gets wet then I use a fleece which dries her off in the car.

 

[Beachball]

Our Sammy got a reflective dog coat/Fleece lined he loves it he sits waiting for it to go on in the cold weather .

 

[borderbilly]

Check out Doggykings, I got my dog one, and it is the best coat I have bought to date

 

[otherclive]

Check out Doggykings, I got my dog one, and it is the best coat I have bought to date

Our Irish Setter had a Barbour waxed coat. First time out she shot by some barbed wire and tore it. Repaired using that iron on tape.

 

[Martin_E]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

 

[otherclive]

Don’t dogs have their one coats 🤔seems daft to dress em up like a doll

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

 

[Martin_E]

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

Sorry but no I don’t read them.

My daughter has a springer, loves swimming in any weather, fresh eater or salt water, she will run and run. Only time she gets shivers (the dog this is) is when she is stood about. Generally a microfibre dry off robe once done is enough.
I would say that a working dog stood out in the rain and wind not doing a lot could very well get cold.

 

[RogerL]

If you read something like the Shooting Times you will see it’s not unusual to put coats on to dogs. Particularly spaniels don’t have a dense under layer so can chill if not being active if they are wet. Certainly it’s not dressing them up like a doll. Although some owners do do that with their pooches.

Google AI says - Spaniel coats are generally water-resistant rather than fully waterproof, featuring a double coat designed to protect them from cold and wet weather. While they handle rain well, they can get soaked through during heavy, sustained, or cold, wet conditions

 

[Martin_E]

Perhaps I should also say whippets and the like can also suffer with cold

 

[otherclive]

Google AI says - Spaniel coats are generally water-resistant rather than fully waterproof, featuring a double coat designed to protect them from cold and wet weather. While they handle rain well, they can get soaked through during heavy, sustained, or cold, wet conditions

With two Springers one had thick fur with undercoat, other had light fur minimal undercoat. Current Sprocker has minimal undercoat. All three came from different workiing parents. There are several different types of spaniel and show variants can have different coats compared to working variants of the same breed.

So this time I’m not sure Google AI has it right. But of course my experience can’t possibly compare to Google Ai.

Are dog coats really necessary?

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[Hutch]

My Labrador X Poodle, a Mongrel, had the double coat and would swim and stay out in the rain and snow, a quick shake and he would be dry, but If I gave him a wash, with a dog shampoo, (after a roll in something foul smelling,)
It would take ages to get him dry, No hair dryers for him.
If I just hose him down, again a quick shake and he would be dry.

 

[RogerL]

With two Springers one had thick fur with undercoat, other had light fur minimal undercoat. Current Sprocker has minimal undercoat. All three came from different workiing parents. There are several different types of spaniel and show variants can have different coats compared to working variants of the same breed.

So this time I’m not sure Google AI has it right. But of course my experience can’t possibly compare to Google Ai.

Are dog coats really necessary?

Discover Dog Coats Necessary with Shooting UK. Your trusted source for gundog news, training updates, and expert field advice across the UK.

www.shootinguk.co.uk

Digging somewhat further does suggest that modern breeds have lost some of the attributes that made them excellent working dogs.

 

[otherclive]

Digging somewhat further does suggest that modern breeds have lost some of the attributes that made them excellent working dogs.

My three came from various working parents in different regions and all had/have a recorded family tree, not KC registered, but from working dog breeders, or one gamekeeper that kept their own stud books. They were bred for working and can’t see we with a different owner they could not have been usedc for shooting or possible sniffer,/search roles.